A Baton Rouge contractor has been jailed in
St. John the Baptist Parish
after authorities there say he defrauded home owners after a tornado tore through LaPlace in 2016. Matthew Morris, 40, the owner of Complete Construction Contractors, LLC. was arrested Tuesday (Aug.1), according to Sheriff Mike Tregre.

Morris was booked with felony home improvement fraud, contractors misapplication of payments prohibited, insurance fraud, filing or maintaining false public records and insurance fraud, according to a Sheriff's Office news release.

The investigation is ongoing and Morris could face additional charges, authorities say.

Morris was arrested earlier this year and faces similar disaster-related fraud charges in Livingston, Ascension and East Baton Rouge parishes, authorities say. Morris was being held in Livingston Parish when St. John authorities issued a warrant for his arrest in July.